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Yeji Sei Lee "Call Me by My Name"
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Yeji Sei Lee
The Loop Gallery is pleased to announce Yeji Sei Lee’s solo exhibition "Call Me by My Name" from November 17th to December 9th, 2023.
Yeji Sei Lee specializes in picturing marginalized places from multi-ethnic areas in Asia, focusing on their social structure. The depiction, more like mapping, with distinctive colors and expressions of humidity, vividly reflects the lives of Asian people with a sense of realism.
The central concept of this exhibition revolves around the relationship among three generations of her family. It led her to reconsider this aspect once again while she was an exchange student in Germany, Munich.
Lee, who has an immigrant mother who lives in Japan and a grandmother in South Korea, found her motivation to create artworks capturing the memories from her childhood to the present day.
Through paintings and photographs, Lee portrays the intricate emotional conflict arising from the relationships between Lee, mother and grandmother, the individual identities they hold, and the love shared between them. Positioned within the intimate proximity of the family, these emotions interweave complexity as they navigate the challenges imposed by time and environment.
The name of this exhibition "Call Me by My Name” encompasses the meaning of liberation from roles everyone carries at each stage of life when referred to by name.
Take a moment to set aside your role as a mother, father, daughter, or son and explore their story from you as an individual. You may find that people close to you or those in your memories appear different than you’ve known.
Yeji Sei Lee specializes in picturing marginalized places from multi-ethnic areas in Asia, focusing on their social structure. The depiction, more like mapping, with distinctive colors and expressions of humidity, vividly reflects the lives of Asian people with a sense of realism.
The central concept of this exhibition revolves around the relationship among three generations of her family. It led her to reconsider this aspect once again while she was an exchange student in Germany, Munich.
Lee, who has an immigrant mother who lives in Japan and a grandmother in South Korea, found her motivation to create artworks capturing the memories from her childhood to the present day.
Through paintings and photographs, Lee portrays the intricate emotional conflict arising from the relationships between Lee, mother and grandmother, the individual identities they hold, and the love shared between them. Positioned within the intimate proximity of the family, these emotions interweave complexity as they navigate the challenges imposed by time and environment.
The name of this exhibition "Call Me by My Name” encompasses the meaning of liberation from roles everyone carries at each stage of life when referred to by name.
Take a moment to set aside your role as a mother, father, daughter, or son and explore their story from you as an individual. You may find that people close to you or those in your memories appear different than you’ve known.
Schedule | Nov 17 (Fri) 2023-Dec 9 (Sat) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://theloopgallery.jp/ja/pages/call-me-by-my-name | ||||
| Venue | The Loop Gallery https://www.theloopgallery.jp/ | ||||
| Location | 4F, 2-17-1 Nishishinbashi, Minato-ku Tokyo 105-0003 | ||||
| Access | 5 minute walk from exit A1 at Toranomon-hills Station on the Hibiya line, 7 minute walk from exit 1 at Toranomon Station on the Ginza line, 8 minute walk from exit A3 at Uchisaiwaicho Station on the Toei Mita line. | ||||
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